Fife Council-run residential care homes could close under radical new cost-cutting plans.
With public spending cuts nationally set to have a drastic knock-on effect on Fife’s finances, councillors will next week discuss how residential, respite and day care services for older people should be provided in future.
Closure of all 10 of Fife Council’s care homes will be one of three options on the table at Tuesday’s social work and health committee and, if pursued, will mean current residents would have to move to a care home of their choice within the private or not-for-profit sector.
It would also have implications for the 478 permanent staff currently employed by the council in the service.
Whatever happens, it is clear the local authority is under huge pressure to either scale back or scrap its previously announced £40 million programme to replace its ageing care homes.
Read more about this story in Wednesday’s Courier.
